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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 27, 1797
Page
4
Incomplete OCR text references a political contest in Dover with names such as Charles Small Pybur and Richard Heaton. The readable parts point to a poll at some elute or elute of the poll and numbers associated, but most details are garbled.
A French dispatch reports Buonaparte authorizing a state of siege in Lyons to restore order, with police powers to protect persons and property. Other letters describe French forces marching from conquered regions toward interior France, while a July 1 proclamation urges soldiers to defend liberty, the Republic, and the Third Year constitution against Royalist threats.
The court martial to try mutineers from the Monmouth failed to meet due to insufficient officers. Names of sailors and marines await trial as the Sandwich mutineers remain aboard the Nep and removal orders have not arrived yet. The court will reconvene tomorrow to proceed.
Reports from Hamburg, Brussels, and Vienna detail ongoing negotiations with Austria and France. Desertions rise among Prussian troops as Bohemia and Moravia recruit for Austrian regiments. An envoy heads to Lisle for a general peace conference. Duncan blocks Texel. Sydney Smith remains ill in the Tower. Cape letters note FitzGerald’s inland expedition to Kaffraria with war trophies. Privateers and ships like the Lion arrive Liverpool while Bridport harbour pursuit ends with capture.
Hazard sloop of war with 16 guns arrives in Plymouth Sound this morning from Belfast with a convoy of merchant ships bound for London. The fleet includes the Satern of 74 guns and the St Alban’s and Veteran each with 64 guns.
News from Portsmouth reports the brig privateer La Courier de la Mer with 14 carriage guns and 660 men was brought to Spithead by the Trial cutter under Lieut. Garrett after a engagement with a smaller English brig. The Trial fought valiantly, some lives not reported lost, while a captured brig and two colliers were also taken. Wind remains contrary for outward-bound fleets at St Helen's.
Last week at Ludlow featured three flat races for various ages. Jupiter won the Wednesday soling for Mr. Darling, Miss Edwin placed second, and Twigem and Aurelius also ran. Thursday produced the Noblemen and Gentlemen plate with Queen Charlotte taking the prize. Friday’s Town Subscription race saw Queen Charlotte defeat Aither and Cynon. The events drew strong crowds and the evenings enjoyed good port and extensive social attendance.
Hesterday Mr Cemmoh Seijeagt reported to his Majesty the list of prisoners under sentence of death in Newgate. Names include John Harrigian for forging an order, Temas Kidd for defrauding, Nelsons, Henry Bartholomew Palmer, Maurice Sandford for coining, John Lytton for entering Vernon Lee’s dwelling and stealing, Willis Bergen and Joseph Ghote for burglary, John Baker alias Wan Smith for escape, John Jeffop alias St John for horse stealing, Henry Elfy alias Harry Vale, Aaron Withers and George Withers for highway robbery, George Pell for breaking into a dwelling and stealing gowns, William Humphreys for theft from Matt Topham and Win Sowden, James Sanders for theft from Peter Spike, Edward Burton for stealing a 2000 l bank note, Patrick Keough and Henry Ives for assault and robbery in St James's Park, John Purdie for breaking into George Holford’s dwelling, David Ferrell and Thomas Gregory for theft from William Skinner, John Tann for highway robbery, William Barker for stealing a gold chain, William Greenwith for burglary and gold buckle theft. Several others were listed as ordered for execution next Wednesday but not reported.
Yesterday at Union Hall the police detained a man named Snelgrove on suspicion of stealing a pair of valuable mounted pistols from a shop on Blackfriars Road. After prolonged questioning he was committed for trial at the upcoming Surrey Assizes.
The Irish lottery lists prizes above nine pounds with numbers 16274 22683 20078 27102 and 27806. A violent storm on Sunday the 16th at Oxford delayed mail and coach travel as horses panicked and drivers strained to proceed. Thursday morning a 17 year old son of Mr Pope of the Stock Exchange drowned while bathing in the Thames, a pupil of Mr Hooper, Surgeon of Tooley Street.
The item shows parcel quotations for stocks and annuities with percentages and fractions. Listings include 5 per cent, 4 per cent, 3 per cent consols, reduced and long annuities, Imperial 3 per cent variants, and related notes. Specific percentages include 76 8/th, 64 3/4, 52 3/8, 52 3/4, and 10.7-1.6ths, reflecting bid and offer styles typical of a daily financial page.
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